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One Word Substitutes - Page 8

 1. A fictitious name adopted by authors, poets etc.


a. Pseudonym

b. Homonym

c. Acronym

d. Synonym


2. A place where birds are kept


a. Aquarium

b. Nest

c. Aviary

d. Sanctuary


3. A method which never fails.


a. Unflinching

b. Irreparable

c. Irremediable

d. Infallible


4. Something which cannot be believed.


a. Inevitable

b. Ineffable

c. Incredible

d. Ineluctable


5. Body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial


a. Corpse

b. Mummy

c. Morgue

d. Mortuary


6. Of very bad morals; characterized by debasement or degeneration.


a. Desultory

b. Dilapidated

c. Depraved

d. Dilatory


7. Government by a single ruler who has unlimited power.


Despotism

Autocracy

Monarchy

Anarchy


8. The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.


a. Plagiarism

b. Copyright

 c. Fraud

d. Cheating


9. A person who is always hopeful and looks upon the brighter side of things


a. florist

b. artist

c. theist

d. optimist


10. A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.


a. epilogue

b. bibliography

c. index

d. credits


11. To have a very high opinion of oneself


a. exaggeration

b. adulations

c. abundance

d. conceited


12. A person who turns his thoughts both outward and inward.


a. Introvert

b. Ambivert

c. Extrovert

d. Philosopher


13. Inability to sleep


a. hysteria

b. insomnia

c. aphasia

d. amnesia


14. One who is given to pleasures of the mind


a. terrestrial

b. epicurean

c. celestial

d. pedestrian


15. A tank where fish or water plants are kept


a. Aquarium

b. Sanatorium

c. Nursery

d. Aviary


Answer 

 

1-a

2-c

3-d

4-c

5-b

6-c

7-b

8-a

9-d

10-b

11-d

12-b

13-b

14-b

15-a

 


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